Space the Final Frontier, Neptune

Target Name: Neptune, Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun), Mission: Voyager, Spacecraft: Voyager 2, Product Size: 2188 samples x 2185 lines. Produced By: JPL, Producer ID: P35669. Addition Date: 1998-10-30, Primary Data Set: Voyager EDRs, Full-Res JPEG: PIA01492.jpg (259 kB)

Original Caption Released with Image: This picture of Neptune was produced from the last whole planet images taken through the green and orange filters on the Voyager 2 narrow angle camera. The images were taken at a range of 4.4 million miles from the planet, 4 days and 20 hours before closest approach.

The picture shows the Great Dark Spot and its companion bright smudge; on the west limb the fast moving bright feature called Scooter and the little dark spot are visible. These clouds were seen to persist for as long as Voyager's cameras could resolve them. North of these, a bright cloud band similar to the south polar streak may be seen.

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